Do you feel overwhelmed or like no one understands what you're going through?
Have you wanted to see if therapy and counseling can help but are unsure if it's right for you?
The WHOA Behavioral Health team can help. We will take a closer look at who counseling can help and what options are available to you.
Work or family stress, a catastrophic life event, or as part of mental illness treatment – many people rely on counseling services to work through situational depression or anxiety or as part of a comprehensive treatment program.
Who Needs Counseling?
Many people rely on counseling services in Hanover, VA to work through difficult relationships both professional and personal, family stresses, and catastrophic life events, or utilize it as part of a comprehensive mental wellness treatment program.
Common Personal Counseling Concerns
- Adjusting to divorce or a remarriage
- Transitioning to college or graduating from college
- Navigating the dynamics of a blended family
- The death of a loved one
- Alcohol or drug abuse
- Eating disorders or other self-harm
- Experiencing sexual harassment or assault
Common Professional and Career Counseling Needs
- Test anxiety or problems with college courses
- Dissatisfaction with your current job
- You're a victim of workplace harassment or bullying
- Problems with co-workers or a boss
- You've recently lost your job and are feeling adrift
There are many other reasons people seek out counseling. For some, resolving their issues may require ongoing sessions to resolve past trauma and to learn coping skills to help with future issues. For others, a handful of sessions with a counselor may be all that is needed to work through what’s bothering them.
Counseling is different for everyone and no scale or guidebook can tell you how long your journey will be. Each individual works with their counselor and/or care team, to come up with the best plan to help you meet your mental wellness goals.
Counseling Options Available From WHOA Behavioral Health
Our therapy team offers a variety of counseling services, both group and individual, from licensed therapists who specialize in different therapy aspects.
Group Therapy
Group therapy brings people facing similar challenges together, participating in a communal therapy session guided by a licensed counselor. Clients discuss their struggles in a confidential group setting and can learn coping skills from one another. Group therapy also helps many people feel like they are not alone and creates a supportive safety net to help them heal from trauma.
We offer specialized therapy, including:
- Adolescent Support
- LGBTQIA+ Support
- Parent Support
- Teacher Support
- Gender Affirmation Support
Mental Health Skills
Many people with a diagnosed mental illness benefit from learning healthy coping skills as part of their treatment plan. Mental health skills building offers one-on-one time to work through triggering situations and identify the trigger, the emotion it initiates, and a healthy way of processing and handling the emotion.
Counselors work with clients to learn coping mechanisms as part of drug or alcohol addiction treatment and address complex mental health symptoms.
Individual Therapy
Individual therapy can help clients identify life stressors or talk through their emotions and struggles with a trained counselor. These sessions can be guided by the client's goals and range from a counselor simply providing a neutral party to talk through feelings and emotions with to a more structured conversation to complement an addiction or abuse recovery program.
We offer Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as part of abuse and addiction recovery services, in which clients identify unhealthy thoughts and deliberately choose new behaviors instead of self-harmful ones like drinking, bingeing, or gambling. Individual therapy can also help clients work through issues brought up in couples or family therapy to achieve a better outcome.
Couples Therapy
Whether they are married or not, people in long-term partnerships often face hurdles or difficulties in their relationship. We offer couples counseling to help partners build communication skills and address problems in the relationship in a neutral setting.
Couples counseling can be used to help a relationship after infidelity or simply as a helpful tool to keep the lines of communication open when both partners have busy, stressful lives.
Family Therapy
Families broken by trauma, abuse, divorce, or death may be able to come together and rebuild relationships with family therapy. Family therapy goals aim at setting healthy boundaries and rebuilding relationships.
Could You Benefit from Professional Counseling?
If you want to improve your mental health, build better relationships, or struggle with day-to-day life, our professional counseling therapy services can help. WHOA Behavioral Health offers many mental health options that complement counseling as part of a well-rounded treatment plan. We have in-person or telemedical appointments available so please contact us today if you have questions or would like to schedule an appointment with one of our counselors.
